A CLOSER LOOK
A closer look
Are we becoming complacent regarding our love-hate living arrangement with mosquitoes?
The decreasing number of poultry farms raise fears that there might be a shortfall in the supply of poultry in the market, pushing the prices up further.
Turkey is heading for a run-off election that many international media outlets are terming “knife-edge,” and rightfully so, as vote banks are witnessing an almost 50-50 divide between both Erdogan’s ruling party (AK Party) and CHP’s Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu-led opposition coalition, called the Table of Six.
It is a well-known and generally accepted fact that Biman is a cesspool of corruption and mismanagement.
Cox’s Bazar is already ecologically vulnerable, especially in the aftermath of the clearing of more than 8,000 acers of reserved forest land to accommodate and provide for the Rohingya refugees.
The authorities have, over the years, failed to ensure dignified rehabilitation of the victims in the aftermath of evictions.
Why have we done so little to ensure safety and dignity of our future generations?
While it is important to update textbooks with recent events, a deliberate attempt to rewrite history is highly irresponsible.
The international community is rightfully saying that the junta is using legal instruments to gain legitimacy in the political landscape through a staged, superficial election “process”.
It is high time the government and policymakers took this problem seriously.
It’s high time Biman was overhauled and corporate governance and a stringent code of conduct was introduced.
Criminals like Samrat, Khaled and Mominul should be miles away from the political scene.
The international community cannot turn their backs on the Rohingya refugees.
Death toll in Syria currently stands over 5,800 (as of 3:30 pm Bangladesh time, February 15). With every passing hour, chances of finding survivors are becoming slimmer.
Like every year, our banking sector had been in the news in 2022, and mostly for the wrong reasons.
Aid agencies, both the Turkish and Syrian governments, and the rebel groups must all work together.
Israel spares neither children nor the elderly in its thirst for aggression and bloodshed.
The recent surge in human trafficking to Cambodia from Bangladesh raises questions about the intentions and capability of the relevant authorities in addressing the situation.
Iran's response to Israel's provocations should be non-violent and measured.
It is high time authorities looked into the situation and made healthcare affordable for all. While increased budgetary allocation would be an essential component, its effective and exhaustive utilisation is also key.
We need to open up to possibilities available outside the ones offered by the West
How wise is it to come to a conclusion about a possible murder case based on loosely connected pieces of evidence, that do not even fully align with previous statements made by law enforcers earlier on in the investigation?
Women's access to finance remains difficult and often riddled with pitfalls.
Misgovernance, corruption, nepotism and subsequent bad debts keep plaguing our banking landscape.
The escape of these militants poses serious risks for national security.
This tragic incident with Ayat sparked off certain questions about the rights of our children and our ability to address them.
While Bangladesh is not a significant narcotics producer, geography puts it at the heart of three major Asian drug trade routes
While the loss of Kharkiv in the northeast and Lyman in the Donetsk region, and now the pull-out from Kherson, are portraying Russia as a frail aggressor, security analysts suggest the war is far from over in Ukraine.
We cannot just allow criminal elements to violate our territorial integrity and flout our law and order system.
Dengue cases are on the rise again, with fatalities recorded almost on a daily basis.
How many women or girls in our country get the opportunity to chase their dreams?
With fatalities declining and people getting used to living with the virus, adherence to social distancing protocols has been mostly absent from public life.
What does the repeated violation of Bangladesh’s land and airspace by the troublesome neighbour signify?
Private sector companies who daily contribute to plastic pollution must come up with ways to manage it.
Many Rohingya women and children who managed to flee rape and genocide in Myanmar end up in the trap of sex trade and trafficking inside the refugee camps in Bangladesh.
We have to understand that these are displaced people living in a perpetual state of uncertainty.
Men who raped Bilkis Bano during 2002 Gujarat riots allowed to walk free on the same day that PM Modi promised to make the nation a better place for women.
The ongoing attacks seem premeditated as they come as part of a well-coordinated package.
It seems Joe Biden has gone back home with very little to show for gains, and a lot of bad headlines that will haunt his media team.
We are still in the midst of a pandemic, although at times – especially when Covid is less active – we seem to lose sight of it and take on a more complacent approach in our fight against the pandemic.
Over the last few years – under the BJP government – India’s religious polarisation has increased in degree and intensity.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has placed a controversial suggestion in his budgetary proposal: money launderers – read financial criminals – will be allowed to legalise their laundered money without having to face any questions, if they pay a meagre 7-15 percent tax.
The Chattogram depot fire has once again exposed the severe negligence in the handling of hazardous chemicals in Bangladesh.
More than 215,000 people in Bangladesh succumbed to pollution in 2019. The ever lurking, at times invisible, killer—air pollution—alone claimed about 175,000 lives.
Biman is once again making the headlines and, as usual, for all the wrong reasons.
Are we becoming complacent regarding our love-hate living arrangement with mosquitoes?
The decreasing number of poultry farms raise fears that there might be a shortfall in the supply of poultry in the market, pushing the prices up further.
Turkey is heading for a run-off election that many international media outlets are terming “knife-edge,” and rightfully so, as vote banks are witnessing an almost 50-50 divide between both Erdogan’s ruling party (AK Party) and CHP’s Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu-led opposition coalition, called the Table of Six.
It is a well-known and generally accepted fact that Biman is a cesspool of corruption and mismanagement.
Cox’s Bazar is already ecologically vulnerable, especially in the aftermath of the clearing of more than 8,000 acers of reserved forest land to accommodate and provide for the Rohingya refugees.
The authorities have, over the years, failed to ensure dignified rehabilitation of the victims in the aftermath of evictions.
Why have we done so little to ensure safety and dignity of our future generations?
While it is important to update textbooks with recent events, a deliberate attempt to rewrite history is highly irresponsible.
The international community is rightfully saying that the junta is using legal instruments to gain legitimacy in the political landscape through a staged, superficial election “process”.
It is high time the government and policymakers took this problem seriously.